necoandjeff wrote:
> B Robson wrote:
> > necoandjeff wrote:
> >> John W. wrote:
> >>
> >>> necoandjeff wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I mean they're a bunch of hicks living in an urban setting (far
> >>>> more hickish than Tokyo, by a long shot).
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Sounds like you've picked up the Japanese distaste for all things
> >>> Nagoya.
> >>
> >>
> >> My first year living in Japan was spent in Nagoya. I had no
> >> particular reason to dislike it until I lived in Tokyo and was able
> >> to compare the two. I could never live in Nagoya again and I don't
> >> particularly like going back to visit, although I still have a
> >> number of very good friends who live there.
> >>
> >
> > Fuck Jeff, you dare lecture me about good spots and you couldn't even
> > have fun in Nagoya. I take it back, you couldn't even have a good time
> > in Thailand. You really are from Alabama aren't you?
>
> Where did I say I couldn't have fun in Nagoya? I had lots of fun in Nagoya.

I think when you said you could never live there again and don't like
going back to visit the implication was quite clear that you can't have
fun in Nagoya (in the present). To me it does sound like the typical
Japanese distaste of Nagoya.

John W.